Blog #53 Final Practical Effects - Filming Scene 10, Shot 3 - Head Smashed

 This is the final shot I did before day 3, I already documented my planning for this shot in Blog #36. To get this shot set up, I had to mark where Gavin's head was when he was lying on the ground  in the scenes leading up to this; inwhich I just put a distinct leaf behind his head, so that I could remember, and it wouldn't get on film. 


Here are the final results

Im really happy with how this one turned out, it actually took 3 hits for me to break it this time, maybe I was hitting on a better spot on the test because that one broke open on my first hit. But now that I have 3 hits, i can use all of them, 2 or them or just the final one, and Im thinking of maybe using the very first one, and then cutting to Anna(Lauren) and cutting back and shattering the skull.


the aftermath

This actually took by far the longest to clean up simply because of how dark it was. I have dogs, and I cant have tiny sharp pieces of plastic with corn syrup and jello on them, so we spent probably an hour or just about carefully looking around the yard for all and any pieces of the skull.


Photo opportunity

While cleaning up I realized, I absolutely had to take some pictures of the smashed skull, as it would be great for and instagram post or any other marketing material.

All in all, I am very happy with this effect, its really exaggerated, but thats exactly what I was going for.



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